Teenager Found Slain On South Side

September 26, 1988|By Chicago

Police Sunday were seeking a motive for a South Side shooting which left a teenager dead. The body of a male, who police think was 16 to 18 years old, was found in the vacant lot at 5035 S. Calumet Ave. just before 9 p.m. Saturday, according to Detective Daisy Martin of the Wentworth area violent crimes unit. Police were attempting to learn the identity of the victim, who was found dead with a gun shot wound in his upper left shoulder, Martin said.